Family Pristigasteridae Bleeker 1872

Name and spelling in prevailing recent practice

Xiphonoti Goldfuss 1820:VII, 49 [ref. 1829] (family)? Gnathobolus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Pellonae Gill 1861c:34, 37 [ref. 1767] (group) Pellona [stem Pellon- confirmed by Nelson 2006:129 [ref. 32486]]

Pristigastrini Bleeker 1870–75:116 [ref. 428] (phalanx ≈ tribe) Pristigaster [stem changed to Pristigaster- by Jordan & Evermann 1896a:418 [ref. 2443], confirmed by Svetovidov 1952:94 [ref. 21481], Lindberg 1971:70 [ref. 27211] and by Nelson 1976:76 [ref. 32838]; original stem Pristigastr- confirmed by Steyskal 1980:174 [ref. 14191] and by Kottelat 2013b:49 [ref. 32989]; Zhang 2001:108 [ref. 26586], Nelson et al. 2004:66 [ref. 27807] and Nelson 2006:129 [ref. 32486] used Pristigasteridae]

Odontognathima Fowler 1931b:112 [ref. 32510] (tribe?) Odontognathus [corrected to Odontognathinae by Fowler 1941a:579 [ref. 6536] (subfamily)]

Ilishinae Fowler 1948:14 [ref. 5600] (subfamily) Ilisha